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advice repair rip in shorts robb 07-09-2007
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Posted by robb on July 9, 2007, 4:00 pm
I was walking along between ailes of cars in parking lot (car park) when the
seam on my *clean fashion* carpenter style shorts became a bit to friendly
with the side molding of a car (or maybe the other way around)

the result errreeeeeeepp ! before i could stop i managed to make a 4.5" (12
cm) rip/tear in my carpenter shorts along the *outer* seam starting at hem
and go up almost half way. Rip is about 3/4" (2 cm) from the side seam
toward front :(

so ideas on how to repair ?

I was thinking of trying to just sew a seam with rip edges (or some type of
faggoting ) but figured that would probably rip again ??? I think trying to
pull enough material to do a stronger seam will reduce size too much to wear
and a patch from underneath will work but the rip edges will fray and be
unsightly ??? yes/no ???

thanks for any help ideas,
robb




Posted by Kathleen on July 9, 2007, 4:48 pm
robb wrote:
> I was walking along between ailes of cars in parking lot (car park) when the
> seam on my *clean fashion* carpenter style shorts became a bit to friendly
> with the side molding of a car (or maybe the other way around)
>
> the result errreeeeeeepp ! before i could stop i managed to make a 4.5" (12
> cm) rip/tear in my carpenter shorts along the *outer* seam starting at hem
> and go up almost half way. Rip is about 3/4" (2 cm) from the side seam
> toward front :(
>
> so ideas on how to repair ?
>
> I was thinking of trying to just sew a seam with rip edges (or some type of
> faggoting ) but figured that would probably rip again ??? I think trying to
> pull enough material to do a stronger seam will reduce size too much to wear
> and a patch from underneath will work but the rip edges will fray and be
> unsightly ??? yes/no ???
>
> thanks for any help ideas,
> robb

I would probably stabilize the rip with a piece of lightweight fusible
interfacing on the inside and then use a darning stitch to close up the
rip and reinforce the areas above and adjacent. I use various shades of
gray for mending denim; blends much better than any blue I've ever tried.


Posted by robb on July 10, 2007, 9:40 am
> robb wrote:
> > the result errreeeeeeepp ! before i could stop i managed to make a 4.5"
(12
> > cm) rip/tear in my carpenter shorts along the *outer* seam starting at
hem
> > and go up almost half way. Rip is about 3/4" (2 cm) from the side seam
> > toward front :(
> >
> > so ideas on how to repair ?
>
> I would probably stabilize the rip with a piece of lightweight fusible
> interfacing on the inside and then use a darning stitch to close up the
> rip and reinforce the areas above and adjacent. I use various shades of
> gray for mending denim; blends much better than any blue I've ever tried.
>

thanks kathleen, i will need to practice my darning though ....every time i
have tried to darn., something goes terribly wrong,like breaking thread or
bend/break needle , etc..... probably not patient enough :}

i like your idea, as it is a better version of my thinking about an iron on
patch and sew around it but i never like the way the iron on patches feels
on light material (i.e. the big patch of glue)

thanks again, robb
robb



Posted by Lizzy Taylor on July 10, 2007, 9:51 am
robb wrote:
>> robb wrote:
>>> the result errreeeeeeepp ! before i could stop i managed to make a 4.5"
> (12
>>> cm) rip/tear in my carpenter shorts along the *outer* seam starting at
> hem
>>> and go up almost half way. Rip is about 3/4" (2 cm) from the side seam
>>> toward front :(
>>>
>>> so ideas on how to repair ?
>> I would probably stabilize the rip with a piece of lightweight fusible
>> interfacing on the inside and then use a darning stitch to close up the
>> rip and reinforce the areas above and adjacent. I use various shades of
>> gray for mending denim; blends much better than any blue I've ever tried.
>>
>
> thanks kathleen, i will need to practice my darning though ....every time i
> have tried to darn., something goes terribly wrong,like breaking thread or
> bend/break needle , etc..... probably not patient enough :}

On the boys' trousers I will quite often reinforce with a patch &
fusible web from the wrong side and then use my widest zig-zag along the
rip - and to each side.

Lizzy


Posted by Kay Lancaster on July 10, 2007, 5:42 pm

I'd probably approximate the edges of the rip and fuse (on the wrong side)
to a piece of fusible interfacing. Then I'd cover the rip with a
pocket, a welt, a strapped seam construction or some other detail
so it looks purposeful. And probably match the detail symmetrically on
the other side.

But I'd only bother with this if the fabric seemed otherwise sturdy;
there's no point mending fabric that will just fail again, at least
to me!

Kay

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